A baby elephant is fed milk from a bottle. At this rehabilitation center, a trained staff of eight are looking after orphaned elephants hoping to release them back into the wild - though this may take some years. The animals develop a strong bond with their keepers, who take care of them 24 hours a day.

At this rehabilitation center, a trained staff of eight are looking after orphaned elephants hoping to release them back into the wild - though this may take some years. The animals develop a strong bond with their keepers, who take care of them 24 hours a day.

The elephant on the left survived a gunshot wound, but ivory poachers killed his mother. At this rehabilitation center, a trained staff of eight are looking after orphaned elephants hoping to release them back into the wild - though this may take some years. The animals develop a strong bond with their keepers, who take care of them 24 hours a day.

At this rehabilitation center, a trained staff of eight are looking after orphaned elephants hoping to release them back into the wild - though this may take some years. The animals develop a strong bond with their keepers, who take care of them 24 hours a day.

An elephant rescued from a mudhole two weeks after it was born relaxes with his keeper. At this rehabilitation center, a trained staff of eight are looking after orphan elephants hoping to release them back into the wild - though this may take some years. The animals develop a strong bond with their keepers, who take care of them 24 hours a day.

A young orphan elephant peeps out from behind a tree. At this rehabilitation center, a trained staff of eight are looking after orphaned elephants hoping to release them back into the wild - though this may take some years. The animals develop a strong bond with their keepers, who take care of them 24 hours a day.

At this rehabilitation center, a trained staff of eight are looking after orphaned elephants hoping to release them back into the wild - though this may take some years. The animals develop a strong bond with their keepers, who take care of them 24 hours a day.

At this rehabilitation center, a trained staff of eight are looking after orphaned elephants hoping to release them back into the wild - though this may take some years. The animals develop a strong bond with their keepers, who take care of them 24 hours a day.

At this rehabilitation center, a trained staff of eight are looking after orphaned elephants hoping to release them back into the wild - though this may take some years. The animals develop a strong bond with their keepers, who take care of them 24 hours a day.

In the chilly morning the keepers keep their charges warm by covering them with blankets and building a camp fire. At this rehabilitation center, a trained staff of eight are looking after orphaned elephants hoping to release them back into the wild - though this may take some years. The animals develop a strong bond with their keepers, who take care of them 24 hours a day.

At this rehabilitation center, a trained staff of eight are looking after orphaned elephants hoping to release them back into the wild - though this may take some years. The animals develop a strong bond with their keepers, who take care of them 24 hours a day.

At this rehabilitation center where a trained staff of eight are looking after orphaned elephants, the keepers even sleep with their charges. They hope to release the orphans back into the wild - though this may take some years. The animals develop a strong bond with their keepers, who take care of them 24 hours a day.

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